Gloves having artificial nail

ABSTRACT

Sewn or knit type gloves having artificial nails on the back sides of fingertips for enabling easy picking-up of a small object, such as a needle, a nut, a bolt, a screw, a clip, a pin or the like, from on the floor, so that even a person wearing the gloves easily picks up the small object, thereby improving functionality and workability of the gloves.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates, in general, to gloves having anartificial nail and, more particularly, to gloves in which artificialnails are provided on fingertips of the glove, thereby providing theglove with a nail function.

2. Description of the Related Art

Generally, gloves are classified into sewn types of products and knittypes of products according to the manufacturing method. The sewn typegloves are manufactured by sewing the palm-side plate and the back-sideplate together along their edge lines, whereas the knit type gloves areintegrally manufactured without forming a separate sewing line.

Here, while the knit type gloves have reduced merchantability because oflimitations in the use, material, and design thereof, the sewn typegloves put emphasis on wearing sensation, protective capabilities,mobile functioning or the like and can be used widely using variouskinds of material as compared to the knit type gloves.

Meanwhile, there are often cases where at work or in daily life, onewearing the sewn or knit type gloves should pick up a small object onthe floor, such as a needle, a nut, a bolt, a screw, a clip, a nail, orthe like. In this case, he cannot easily pick up the object, so that hehas to pull off his gloves to pick up it.

It can be ascertained that the reason why one wearing the gloves cannoteasily pick up the small object is because the gloves have no nails.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show the illustrations explaining the operations of nailswhen picking up a small object. In FIG. 1, it can be seen that, while inthe case of the left FIG. (1) using only the tips of the fingers, it isdifficult to pick up a small object such as a nut, in the case of theright FIG. (2) using nails, it is easy to pick up the small object.Further, in FIG. 2, it also can be seen that, when one wants to pick upa thin flat object on the floor, he can easily pick up it by the workingoperation of lifting it with a nail of one finger while supporting itwith another finger.

Thus, the reason why it is difficult-to-pick up a small object using thegloved fingers is because there is no nail-like function provided by thegloves. In other words, it is difficult to pick up the small object onlyusing the tips of the fingers without utilizing the nails.

Therefore, a proposal has been made for a glove structure selectivelyhaving artificial nails on the back sides of tips of knuckle parts ofthe sewing or knitting type gloves for improving functionality,workability or the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind theabove problems occurring in the related art, and the present inventionis intended to provide gloves having artificial nails on the back sidesof the tips of the fingers of the sewn or knit type gloves for easypicking-up of a small object on the floor, such as a needle, a nut, abolt, a screw, a clip, a pin or the like.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of thepresent invention, there is provided gloves including artificial nailswhich are provided on the back thereof, on the tips of one or morefingers of the gloves attached by means of bonding or sewing so as toeasily enable the picking up of a small object on the floor.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is providedgloves including artificial nails which are provided on the back of thetips of one or more of fingers of the gloves, attached by means of anelastic hook or an elastic band so as to enable easy picking up of asmall object on the floor.

According to the gloves having the artificial nails as set forth above,even a person wearing the gloves can easily pick up a small object onthe floor such as a needle, a nut, a bolt, a screw, a clip, a pin or thelike, so that the functionality and workability are considerablyimproved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed incolor. Copies of this patent or patent application publication withcolor drawings will be provided by the office upon request and paymentof the necessary fee.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the presentinvention will be more clearly understood from the following detaileddescription when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

FIGS. 1 and 2 are schematic views explaining the operation of a nailwhen used in picking up a small object;

FIG. 3 is a photograph illustrating an embodiment of gloves havingartificial nails according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a photograph illustrating another embodiment of gloves havingartificial nails according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a photograph illustrating the state of picking up a clip usingthe gloves having artificial nails according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a photograph illustrating the state of picking up a small,flat object using the gloves having artificial nails according to thepresent invention; and

FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective views illustrating various embodiments ofthe artificial nails according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Reference will now be made in greater detail to a preferred embodimentof the invention, an example of which is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

FIG. 3 is a photograph illustrating an embodiment of gloves havingartificial nails according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is aphotograph illustrating another embodiment of gloves having artificialnails according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a photographillustrating the state of picking up a clip using the gloves havingartificial nails according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is aphotograph illustrating the state of picking up a small, flat objectusing the gloves having artificial nails according to the presentinvention, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective views illustrating variousembodiments of the artificial nails according to the present invention.

As illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, an artificial nail 10 is fixedlyattached to the back of the tips of one or more fingers 1 of the gloves.

The gloves are composed of a material having relatively high strengthand low elasticity, such as leather, composition leather (artificialsuede), synthetic resin, rubber, or the like.

The artificial nail 10 according to the invention may have a shape of anactual nail, but shape may be changed into diverse other shapesaccording to features of the gloves, without the nails becoming easilybent or broken in use. The artificial nail is composed of rubber, wood,metal or the like.

Here, the artificial nail 10 may be bonded onto the back of the tips ofthe fingers of the gloves as shown in FIG. 3, or otherwise be sewnthereto as shown in FIG. 4, if it is composed of soft rubber orplastics.

In the operation of picking something up using actual fingers, althoughthe nail does not protrude from the tip of the finger, the finger canpick up a small object while putting the small object in the gap betweenthe nail and the back of the tip of the finger.

However, in the case of the gloves of the present invention, although agap is provided between the back on the tip of the finger and theartificial nail, it cannot be utilized to pick up a small object, sothat the artificial nail cannot serve as an actual nail.

Thus, the gloves are constituted such that a leading end of theartificial nail attached to the back of the tip of the finger 1 of thegloves protrudes from the tip of the finger.

Here, the protruding length preferably ranges between 0.2 and 13 mm fromthe tip of the finger 1. Below 0.2 mm, the artificial nail cannot serveas an actual nail when picking up a small object, and above 13 mm, it isinconvenient to pick up the small object.

FIG. 5 is a photograph illustrating the state of picking up a clip usingthe gloves having artificial nails according to the present invention,and FIG. 6 is a photograph illustrating the state of picking up a small,flat object using the gloves having artificial nails according to thepresent invention, wherein the clip 100 or the small, flat object 200can be easily picked up using the artificial nail 10 which is attachedonto the back of the tip of the finger 1 of the gloves by means ofbonding or sewing.

Meanwhile, FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective views illustrating variousembodiments of the artificial nails according to the present invention,wherein artificial nails 11 and 12 are detachably mounted onto the backor onto the tip of the finger 1 of the gloves by means of an elastichook 11-1 and an elastic band 12-1, respectively.

In brief, the relatively hard artificial nail 10, 11, or 12 of theinvention is attached onto the back of tip of the finger 1 of the glovesby means of bonding, sewing, or elastic fixing such that the leading endof the artificial nail protrudes in the range of 0.2 to 13 mm from thetip of the finger of the gloves, so that even upon wearing the gloves, aperson can pick up a small object using the artificial nail.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have beendescribed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art willappreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions arepossible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the inventionas disclosed in the accompanying claims.

1. Gloves comprising an artificial nail which is provided on a back oftips of one or more fingers of the gloves and which is attached by meansof bonding or sewing so as to easily enable a small object on a floor tobe picked up.
 2. Gloves comprising an artificial nail which is providedon a back of tips of one or more fingers of the gloves and attachedthereto by means of an elastic hook or an elastic band so as to make iteasy to pick up a small object on a floor.
 3. The gloves according toclaim 1, wherein the artificial nail is composed of any one selectedfrom the group composed of rubber, plastics, wood, and metal.
 4. Thegloves according to claim 1, wherein the artificial nail is providedsuch that a leading end thereof protrudes in a range of 0.2 to 13 mmfrom the tip of the finger of the gloves.
 5. The gloves according toclaim 2, wherein the artificial nail is composed of any one selectedfrom the group composed of rubber, plastics, wood, and metal.
 6. Thegloves according to claim 2, wherein the artificial nail is providedsuch that a leading end thereof protrudes in a range of 0.2 to 13 mmfrom the tip of the finger of the gloves.